"My journey was certainly an interesting one. Sino ba naman kasi talaga ang nagexpect na magdodoctor talaga ako? Gusto ko lang sabihin na it wasn’t me or it wasn’t just me. It was the collective experiences I had that made me who I am today. First of all, even while I was an actor growing up, my parents placed utmost importance on my education. Sila talaga ang dapat hangaan because of how they handled everything and how they raised me. I didn’t have a lot of teleseryes or movies because they only scheduled tapings and shoots during the weekends. May weekdays man, after school pa. Swerte lang din siguro talaga ako because my family didn’t depend on my career for a living."

"Kung swerte lang din naman, swerte din ako sa mga nakatrabaho ko sa ABS-CBN. From MTB, Home Along da Riles, MMK, Wansapanataym to LuvU and Got to Believe, the cast and the production of every show I worked with understood that I had dreams outside of showbiz at lahat talaga sila inintindi kapag kailangan late calltime ko kasi may pasok ako or kapag kailangan early pack-up ako kasi may exams ako the next day. Thank you to all the people I’ve worked with before."

"And of course, pwede ba namang matapos ang mala-valedictorian kong speech ng di ko sinasabi na napakaswerte ko sa pamilya ko? I am very very lucky for the family I have. Thank you Mommy, Daddy, Ate, Kuya and Fr. Jojo. You were the ones who saw the ugly side of Medicine through me - the grumpiness, the tears, the 'pagod na pagod na ako' lines, the heartbreaks, the 'ayoko na po mag-aartista na po ulit ako,' the binge-eating, and the uncontrollable crying at 2am in the morning. Thank you for always being there to comfort me and for saying 'Kaya mo yan Gel! Bukas ka na umiyak, aral ka muna ngayon!' or my personal favorite 'Good luck sa exam! San mo gusto kumain after?' Thank you for being more than my family. Thank you for being my comfort. Thank you for being my home. All of you are the reason that I finally have the three stripes on my toga."